All 14 Uses of
passage
in
Into the Wild
- Leo Tolstoy, Family Happiness passage highlighted in one of the books found with Chris McCandless's remains.
p. 15..3 (definition 1)passage = a short part of a longer written work
- Henry David Thoreau, Walden, or Life in the Woods -- passage highlighted in one of the books found with Chris McCandless's remains.
p. 47..7 (definition 1)
- Several such passages [regarding chastity and moral purity] are starred and highlighted in the dog-eared text, the margins filled with cryptic notes printed in McCandless's distinctive hand.
p. 65..9 (definition 1)passages = short parts of a longer written work
- Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago -- passage highlighted in one of the books found with Chris McCandless's remains.
p. 103..6 (definition 1)passage = a short part of a longer written work
- "Need for a purpose" had been written in McCandless's hand in the margin above the passage.
p. 103..8 (definition 1)
- Henry David Thoreau, Walden, or Life in the Woods -- passage highlighted in one of the books found with Chris McCandless's remains. At the top of the page, the word "truth" had been written in large block letters in McCandless's hand.
p. 117..4 (definition 1)
- And in the same passage he marked, "The repugnance to animal food is not the effect of experience, but is an instinct."
p. 167..6 (definition 1)
- On July 2, McCandless finished reading Tolstoy's Family Happiness, having marked several passages that moved him: He was right in saying that the only certain happiness in life is to live for others….
p. 169..4 (definition 1)passages = short parts of a longer written work
- Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago -- passage highlighted in one of the books found with Christopher McCandless's remains; underscoring by McCandless.
p. 187..9 (definition 1)passage = a short part of a longer written work
- He had just finished reading Doctor Zhivago, a book that incited him to scribble excited notes in the margins and underline several passages:
p. 188..7 (definition 1) *passages = short parts of a longer written work
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- The slow journey up the Inside Passage unfolded in a gauzy reverie of anticipation.†
p. 136..5 (definition 2)
- Most of the Inside Passage follows narrow, fjordlike channels.†
p. 137..0 (definition 2)
- I stopped for a long time to let my nerves settle, then leaned back from my tools and stared up at the face above, searching for a hint of solid ice, for some variation in the underlying rock strata, for anything that would allow passage over the frosted slabs.†
p. 144..5 (definition 2)
- It is hardly unusual for a young man to be drawn to a pursuit considered reckless by his elders; engaging in risky behavior is a rite of passage in our culture no less than in most others.†
p. 182..3 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (passage as in: In lines 1-9 of the passage...) a short part of a longer written workeditor's notes: This meaning of passage is commonly seen on standardized tests like the SAT and ACT.
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) More frequently, passage refers to a passageway for travel or to the act of traveling. It can also refer to the passing of time or of a law. See a comprehensive dictionary for the many meanings of passage, but for comfort taking standardized tests like the SAT and ACT, be very familiar with passage being used to refer to a short excerpt from a longer written work.